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Stanford University

private research university in Stanford, California, USA

8 dated entries naming Stanford University, drawn from 8 separate years between 1884 CE and 1998 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

  • 1884March 13 – Leland Stanford Jr., son of Governor Leland Stanford of California, in whose memory Stanford University was founded (b. 1868)source
  • 1887May 14 – The cornerstone of the new Stanford University, in northern California, is laid (the college opens in 1891).source
  • 1891October 1 – Stanford University in California opens its doors.source
  • 1896April 4 – The first known women's basketball game between two colleges is played between Stanford and California.source

20th century

  • 1905February 28 – Jane Stanford, the co-founder with her husband Leland of Stanford University, is fatally poisoned while visiting the Moana Hotel in Hawaii.source
  • 1971August 14 – The controversial Stanford prison experiment, led by Stanford University psychology professor Philip Zimbardo, began in Palo Alto, Californiasource
  • 1982November 20 – University of California, Berkeley executes "The Play" in a college football game against Stanford. Completing a wacky 57-yard kickoff return that includes five laterals, Kevin Moen runs through Stanford band members who have prematurely come onto the field. His touchdown stands and California wins 25–20.source
  • 1998September 4 – Google, Inc. is founded in Menlo Park, California, by Stanford University PhD candidates Larry Page and Sergey Brin.source

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